Energy Update
(Thu, 01 Jul 2021) U.S. coal production during the first quarter of 2021 totaled 140.3 million short tons (MMst), which was 4.5% higher than the previous quarter and 5.9% lower than the first quarter of 2020. First-quarter 2021 U.S. coal exports (20.7 MMst) increased 8.6% from the fourth-quarter 2020 level and increased 3.6% from the first-quarter 2020 level. U.S. coal imports in the first quarter of 2021 totaled 1.1 MMst.<br>
Climate-tech start-up Electric Frog Company announced this week that it has provided free use of a Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV) to the Burrillville Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island, in a first use of a customer vehicle to support the New England electric grid.
The Mayor of Rockford, Ill., this week joined community solar provider Nexamp and ComEd to launch Give-A-Ray, a new 15-year program to provide solar energy benefits and savings to low and moderate income customers in Rockford and the surrounding area for free. With the help of local support services, including the Rockford Housing Authority, outreach to potential participants is underway.
Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative?
By Mark Hertsgaard
Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene.
The 16-GW Baihetan hydropower plant on the upstream branch of China’s Yangtze River has begun generating electricity for the first time, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV.
CCTV reported that the project’s first two 1-GW turbines will start up after a three-day trial. The project will eventually consist of 16 such units, making its total generation capacity second only to the 22.4-GW Three Gorges Dam once it is fully completed in July 2022.
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Executive interview with Eric Dresselhuys, CEO of ESS Inc.
When Eric Dresselhuys got a call from the board of directors at ESS earlier this spring asking him to come on as Chief Executive Officer of the company that provides an Iron Flow Battery (IFB) for long-duration storage, he didn’t hesitate.
“It was a pretty easy yes,” he said in an interview.
By Sarah Casey, Portfolio Director, Climate Council
Today, Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Osaka Gas USA Corporation (OGUSA), a subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., to construct, own and operate over 120 MW of community solar projects throughout the state of Maine.
Asaf Nagler, Senior Director, Government Relations, ABB Inc.
Electric vehicle (EV) sales in the US, China and Europe will outstrip all other engines five years sooner than previously expected, according to new EY research and analysis.
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